Small progress update: General project management: Spent a day and a half preparing on boarding material for a music guy. I was lucky enough to snag a guy who is doing a final project for his college and needed a game project to contribute to. Preparing info forced me to have to think about how can I breakdown project into…
Okay, this post will talk about next big iteration for the level design. The previous design was probably fine, however I have plenty of time before my first deadline and I think there are some major improvements that can be made both artistically and for gameplay. Level blockout update In previous post I mentioned that I…
Too much distractions in house to be able to focus on grinding out the last couple characters and animations, so did some easier work setting up a proper stylized shading system. Previously I had used some post process materials which basically act globally, and then if you want target specific things it's a pain in the…
Past few days been animating like crazy but it's not stuff I will show because spoilers, just a snippet. I have been working on cut scenes that happen before and after boss battle. The only reason I do this now is because the student doing music (for his final project) needs to have something to show along with the tracks…
After much playtesting I've developed an optimized way of playing the game. Now in this overhaul of character controller I am trying to make it so that it is as intuitive to play that way as possible. Previously I had an extra button for combat stance, which ducks and crawl / ducked run. And then another button for dive.…
Did a little more with level blockout. Wasn't happy leaving the end area quite so unfinished. Added a bit more detail to a few buildings in the Agora that are very blocky. Also increased height of the acropolis so it's more of an epic climb to get to the boss fight. It can now be seen from almost anywhere in the level…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpx770Nnh58 Okay, here is mostly complete blockout of the level. Some portions are still pretty sparse, but I am content with each engagement, general difficulty and pacing, and overall flow of the level. The last section (the wooded path from agora to acropolis) is no combat and I might…
Okay reached a result with the hero that I'm happy with. I was feeling very low confidence about this but it only took half a day to get something I'm happy with. Face isn't exactly like the reference but I think it achieves the character that I wanted. She is attractive but not dainty / weak looking. Looks good with…
::astonished: Correct true to life, maybe a horse really far away and hardly visible can be free in the bg. lmao. Not something i thought I'd ever read but i am amused by the free old-p.c. convo. (ah the memories) so many cats. Back to game, mmm that is one decent use of these a.i. action scripts at least, smarter a.i.…
Okay I haven't reached next milestone but learned quite a bit in last week. Initially I was turned off by Unreals viewport tools so decided to do level blockout in maya instead. It is definitely feels a lot faster because you have many QOL things like isolate select, invert selections, full suite of modeling tools,…